Patrick Leahy actually said...

We tried very hard to have judges looked at as judges and to get out of partisan politics.

Leahy advocates for a non-partisan approach to judicial nominations.

07/28/2009

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By ensuring these human rights violators are punished, we send the message that the United States is not a safe haven for abusers.

We need to make sure that these cases are aggressively and proactively investigated and prosecuted.

It is absolutely unacceptable that this is the only human rights case that has been filed by the DOJ.

I know my discussions with him when he was in the Senate and my discussions with him since he became President tell me that.